RE: Misc: Particularly attractive book designs?

Subject: RE: Misc: Particularly attractive book designs?
From: "Bruce H. Johnson" <bhjohnson -at- verizon -dot- net>
To: "'Geoff Hart'" <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>, "'CEL'" <copyediting-l -at- listserv -dot- indiana -dot- edu>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:35:22 -0800

Might take a look at the standard Adobe PDF "paper" size called "Screen."
It's 6.5" wide x 5.18" high. I use this size with 0.13" margins (in Word).
With a set of TOC bookmarks on the left, I think it looks fine.

I've spent several hours checking out various eBook compilers, etc. Most are
a real PITA.


Bruce H. Johnson
Sylmar, CA
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Subject: Misc: Particularly attractive book designs?

I'm beginning to research possible designs for an e-book I'll be
publishing in the next month or two (assuming I can escape this
"work" thang that occupies so many waking hours <g>). My plan is to
produce the e-book in landscape (horizontal) format so it fits better
on the screen.

I've got a few ideas for the design, but am the first to admit I'm
not a graphic designer. So: Do you have any favorite examples of such
books -- laid out in ***landsape*** format -- that you can recommend
as inspiration? (Ideally, with sample pages available online so I can
see how other authors have tackled this particular design challenge.)

Send along your suggestions, and I'll compile the results for
copyediting-l and techwr-l in a few days. TIA!

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